Japanese Meadow Sweet | Slide Mouse

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Japanese meadow sweet. Coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19. Introduced intentionally or unintentionally. It adapts well to most soil and climate types. There are multiple varieties of japanese meadowsweet each with slightly different characteristics.

Leaves to 3 long are oval and sharply toothed. It is very easy to care for and quite hardy. Documented to exist in the county by evidence herbarium specimen photograph. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Japanese meadowsweet spiraea japonica are large dense shrubs with flower clusters that are attractive to butterflies. Great smoky mountains national park identifies it as a targeted invasive plant. Meadowsweet is used for colds heartburn arthritis bladder infections and other conditions but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses. Synonyms for the species name are spiraea bumalda burv.

The pink white or purple flowers grow in clusters mainly in early summer but repeat blooms often occur until fall. Japanese meadowsweet is found throughout the mid atlantic and in the southeast most commonly in the appalachian mountains. And spiraea japonica var. Spiraea japonica the japanese meadowsweet japanese spiraea or korean spiraea is a plant in the family rosaceae.

Its hardiness to freezing stands down to 5 f 15 c. Japanese meadowsweet subordinate taxa. Spiraea japonica commonly called japanese spirea is a dense upright mounded deciduous shrub that typically grows 4 6 tall with a slightly larger spread. Meadowsweet is a beautiful shrub generally blooming in spring although some varieties may bloom in summer.